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Miami-Dade County workers make AFSCME Local 199 strong

Although our job duties vary greatly, we’re all public servants. We keep our neighborhoods safe and functional. Nationally, AFSCME's members provide the vital services that make America happen. With members in hundreds of different occupations — from nurses to corrections officers, child care providers to sanitation workers — AFSCME advocates for fairness in the workplace, excellence in public services and prosperity and opportunity for all working families.

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We Need Your Help to Protect Democracy in Florida

Anti-worker legislation meant to make it nearly impossible for public service workers like us to organize strong unions, by stacking the deck against workers in union elections, is advancing in the State Senate. This Wednesday, Senate Bill 1296 will be debated in the Senate Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability, and they need to hear from you.

Click here and in 30 seconds you can let a state senator know why they must vote no on Senate Bill 1296.

The Senators on this committee need to hear your voice today. SB 1296 is an extreme attack on the rights of public service workers and will force all of us to vote in every union election, or else be counted as a NO vote. It will silence the voice of workers who want to vote but are unable to because of sickness or other issues, and it would take away the right of workers who prefer to abstain.

Stand up for our rights by calling now.

Making a call today is the most powerful way you can act to protect our union, and our freedom to have a strong voice on the job.

Click to see a sample script and to be connected to a committee member’s office.

When public service workers lose our voice at work, we cannot advocate for the critical services we provide, the public we serve and the contracts we rely on.

It takes just 30 seconds to call the Senate Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability now!

 

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We need to ramp up the pressure!

We are fighting to #SavePublicServices. Thousands of AFSCME members have taken action by calling or writing their senators to tell them not to make drastic cuts to public services to pay for billionaire tax cuts.

But as Congress continues to debate these cuts, we need to keep up the pressure! Because this is about so much more than protecting the services our communities depend on.

It’s about fighting for the 15 million people — working families, children, seniors and vulnerable Americans — who will lose their health care if Congress slashes the budget. It’s about protecting Medicare, food assistance, and the programs many of us depend on to survive.  

Join us by emailing your senators and making your voice heard. It's easy and takes just a few minutes using the tool here. After you enter your information, the form will identify your senators, provide a draft email (which you are free to use, edit or replace), and send it.

It only takes a few minutes. Together, our voices can't be ignored.

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